Wire lathing



(No Model.)

P. MILES. WIRE LATHING.

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PURCIIES MILES, OF BROOKLYN, NIHV YORK.

WIRE LATHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,353, dated January 2'7, 1891.

Application filed October 1, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PURCHEs MILES, a resident of Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Laths, Netting, \Vire Fencing, and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore wire lath, which usually consists of wire-cloth, has been stiffened by bars or strips secured to the lath by metal clips or by weavingin. This stiffening is called furring. It is expensive to apply the furring or stiffeners to the wire lath by means of clips, because, as far as I am aware, it has always been done by hand.

The object ofmyinvention is to so simplify and improve the connection between the stiffening-strips or furring and the wire-cloth as to materially reduce the cost of the wire lath while improving the whole structure.

The invention consists in the combination, with the wire cloth or lath, of a stiffeningstrip having a lip integral therewith, said lip being swaged or otherwise folded dver a wire of the cloth or lath, whereby the cloth and strip are secured together in a simple and effective manner.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

wherein Figure 1 is a face view of a piece of wire lath embodyingmy invention, part of the lath being shown covered with plaster. Fig. 2 is a detail cross-section on the plane of the line a c, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the stiffeningstrip, showing a wire of the lath in position before the parts are finally connected. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the strip and lath connected by swaging.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a piece of wire lath consisting, essentially, of woven wire-cloth, upon which the plaster B is to be placed, as usual.

D is a stiffener or piece of furring secured to the lath A, over which stiffener staples E are placed to hold the lath against the beams or other supports a. The stiffener or furring D consists of a bar orstrip of suitable metal, which is shown as 'a narrow bar having un- Serial No. 325,670. (No model.)

dulations or a series of curves o1 zigzags, whereby when it is placed against asupport a it will rest firmly and danger of its turning is avoided; but I do not confine myself to the cross-section of the stiffener shown, as the same may be square, oval, U or V shaped, or of other form in cross-section; but I prefer the 'crosssection shown. The stiffener or furring D is placed against the wire lath A, preferably on edge, as shown, and portions of the stiffener are swaged or otherwise folded over certain of the wires 1) of the lath A, whereby the lath and stiffener or f urring are securely fastened together. In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the side or edge of the stiffener-strip D is provided with one or more slots or recesses (Z, into which the wire I) of the lath A is laid. (See Fig. 3.) The lips or edges 6 at the sides of the slot (1, which are integral with the stiffener, are next swaged or turned over the wire I), so as to confine said wire in the slot (1, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. By this means the stiffener or furring is securely fastened to the wire lath without the necessity of using any separate pieces or clips, and the parts are not liable to become separated. The stiffener D may be secured to the wire lath in as many places as desired, and the part c of the stiffener may embrace the warp of the wire-cloth, as in Fig. 1, or the weft may be embraced; or, if preferred, both strands of wire may be secured at one point to the stiffener by the means shown.

One of the particular advantages of my improvement is that the stiffener can be quickly connected to the wire lath by machinery, whereby the cost of manufacture is greatly reduced, and the parts can be put together perfectly and evenly. The stiifener D, although shown as a flat narrow strip, may be of any desired shape and thickness. The stiffeners serve to hold the wire lath at a proper distance from the beams a.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is A series of longitudinal wires and a series of cross-bars contiguous thereto and extend ing at about right angles thereto, said crossbars having recesses or slots extending at about right angles to the length of the bars, tudinei Wires to the cross-bars, substantially and a lip 0r lips at the edge of each recess as described. 01' slot the cones ondin lon it-udinai Wires i beingialaced in s gid rec esses or slots in the PURCHES MILES 5 cross-bars, and the lip 01' lips at the edges of said recesses 01' slots swag-ed or turned over or upon said wires to rigidly bind the longi- \Vitnesses:

HARRY M. TUOK, P. F. BOURNE. 

